The iPhone 5s has been Apple's first iPhone model to launch with a fingerprint sensor, with
rival companies including HTC and Samsung quickly following Apple's lead with smartphones that also include such capabilities.
Not exact matches
Prologis, a logistics
company with a global footprint, will acquire smaller U.S.
rival DCT Industrial Trust in an $ 8.4 billion all - stock transaction,
including the assumption of debt, the two
companies said on Sunday.
Prologis will acquire smaller U.S.
rival DCT Industrial Trust in an $ 8.4 billion all - stock transaction,
including the assumption of debt, the two
companies said on Sunday.
Other
companies reporting quarterly results today
include book retailer Barnes & Noble (BKS), which is expected to report a decline in its fourth - quarter sales — a drop that would represent the
company's fourth - straight quarterly decline — as the retailer faces the increasing threat of online
rivals as well as underwhelming demand for its Nook e-readers.
Other
rivals — and trading partners — of Circle's desk
include Cumberland Mining, a subsidiary of the high - speed trading firm DRW in Chicago; Genesis Trading, a New York — based spinout of SecondMarket, the private -
company stock exchange; and Octagon Strategy, in Hong Kong.
European politicians and some competing
companies have complained that Google's dominance allows it to promote its own services at
rivals» expense, and attacked it on a range of issues
including its tax and privacy policies.
Google came off as a bit of a cry - baby when it complained about losing out on a sale of Nortel patents to a group of its
rivals,
including Apple and Microsoft, but the
company was right in a way.
The late Ted Rogers» family has seen the value of its stake in Rogers Communications go up more than 15 % in the past year, a 12 - month stretch that
included the
company going halves with bitter
rival Bell Media to buy a 75 % stake in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment for $ 1.07 billion.
While it would in theory allow it to hire more drivers
including applicants it previously rejected, and therefore continue to compete with taxis and
rival Lyft, the
company told the Journal that it would only affect a small number of applicants.
Companies in this camp
include Beyond Meat and its
rival Impossible Foods — which has raised an eye - popping $ 275 million from the likes of Gates and Khosla Ventures.
Despite stabilization efforts at the
company (
including a huge cash infusion from SoftBank), Uber will keep losing ground to its smaller
rivals.
Tech
companies signing
include Intel — a top Qualcomm
rival — Dell, Hewlett - Packard, Juniper Networks, Samsung Electronics America and Vizio, among others
Last year, Blue Origin entered the running for a potential wave of funding to be given by the U.S. Air Force,
rivaling other space
companies both big and small,
including the aforementioned SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, and Orbital ATK.
That is just one
rival in a sea of them,
including private
companies like Five Guys and Fatburger.
Sprint is already offering $ 650 for customers to switch to the carrier from Sprint's
rival companies,
including AT&T, Verizon and T - Mobile.
As industry job cuts top 200,000 worldwide, Exxon has kept its 75,300 - strong workforce intact with none of the sweeping layoffs seen at other oil
companies,
including its biggest U.S.
rival Chevron Corp. «Exxon is just stronger financially than anyone else out there,» Brian Youngberg, an analyst at Edward Jones & Co. in St. Louis, said in an interview.
The board of directors of Tribune Publishing, a newspaper
company whose titles
include The Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune, has rejected an unsolicited, $ 815 million acquisition offer from
rival publisher Gannett.
This raises serious concerns about the role and responsibility of
companies working for political campaigns in Kenya's volatile political climate, particularly considering The Real Raila's incendiary claims
include that
rival opposition candidate Raila Odinga's administration would «remove whole tribes», for example.
Its Asepto brand, showcased at Anuga FoodTec, in Cologne, Germany, (March 20 - 26) is distinguishing itself from
rival companies by the decoration on the packaging itself,
including holographic, metallic images, embossing and foil stamping for stand - out shelf appeal
The rise of home meal kit
companies and services by
rivals including Hello Fresh, Tastebox, Thomas Farm Kitchen and Youfoodz have meant the marketplace is increasingly crowded.
Upon returning home, Downey perfects the robotic flying suit, but when he announces that his
company is getting out of the weapons business he makes himself an inviting target to
rivals,
including enigmatic father figure Jeff Bridges, who looks disconcertingly like Winter Kills co-star Sterling Hayden with his shaved head and mad - prophet beard.
Haval Australia has also been working with local suspension
company Ironman 4X4 to develop an Australian suspension tune for its LandCruiser
rival, with the revisions
including heavier springs, upgraded shock absorber valving and minor changes to toe - in.
Its the incompatibility of the iPad with Adobe Flash that is almost as famous as
rival company's try to make of it by
including Flash in their products (read tablets).
Rival online video services Amazon, Netflix, and Hulu have also been investing heavily in original content, but for the most part those
companies are working with traditional filmmakers and TV producers, while YouTube Red's original content will come from new media stars, with movies and web shows from popular YouTube channels
including PewDiePie, The Fine Brothers, CollegeHumor, and more.
The
company's 0.25 % advisory fee (or 0.5 % of assets for Ellevest Premium, which
includes access to Certified Financial Planners and executive coaching services and requires a $ 50,000 account minimum) makes them highly competitive among robo - advisor
rivals.
Similar to EA Partners —
rival publisher EA's undertaking which has allowed the
company to take on the publishing duties of several high - profile third - party titles,
including Crytek and Epic Games» upcoming shooters Crysis 2 and Bulletstorm — THQ's goal is to provide «select developers and publishers access to THQ's global retail and online publishing network.»
- the crafting system encouraged massive over-production by rewarding players for each item produced - this over-production led to hyper - inflation as NPC shopkeepers printed money on demand to buy the worthless items - players used vendors as unlimited safety deposit boxes by setting the prices for their own goods far above market value - item hoarding by players forced the team to abandon the closed - loop economy as the world began to empty out of goods - player cartels (
including one from a
rival game
company!)
It had previously belonged to Manhattan dealers
including French &
Company, which supplied works for the Vanderbilts and the Rockefellers, and George Joseph Demotte, known for his legal skirmishes with various
rivals,
including Joseph Duveen.
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But in a move unprecedented in the tech world, six of Google's
rivals —
including Apple, Microsoft and Research in Motion — combined forces recently to prevent the
company from buying a critical trove of patents.
Executives from Cambridge Analytica spoke to undercover reporters from Channel 4 News about the dark arts used by the
company to help clients, which
included entrapping
rival candidates in fake bribery stings and hiring prostitutes to seduce them.
The Alice case induced a long list of
companies to file briefs,
including a joint submission from a group of tech
companies —
including Google (s goog), Amazon (s amzn), Facebook (s fb) and Netflix (s nflx)-- that are
rivals in the marketplace, but that have come together to ask the Supreme Court to squash abstract software patents.
The
company will cede the speaker market segment to
rivals and hope that a Facebook smart display can take leadership in the newer segment that
includes visual engagement.
Russia's Federal Anti-Monopoly Service fined Google $ 6.75 million in 2016, ruling that the
company's policy to install its own Search, Maps, and other services as part of its Google Play Store package on Android smartphones was unfair to
rival search engines and apps,
including Russia's own Yandex.
Microsoft's recent lawsuit against the U.S. Justice Department that fights against gag orders for secret government data requests has the support of many
companies,
including from
rivals like Apple and Google.
This scandal, and Facebook's handling of it, has resulted in massive issues for the
company,
including a drop in market cap of more than $ 50 billion and a massive #DeleteFacebook campaign that took part largely on
rival social network, Twitter.
The
company fell far behind
rivals including Google, Microsoft and Facebook.
A rising group of Chinese
companies,
including the longtime telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies, ramped up competition in smartphones, while LeEco faced well - funded
rivals in areas like video streaming.
The Times found evidence that the information of Twitter users in every state —
including thousands of people in Florida and New York — had been copied onto bots sold by Devumi or
rival companies.
An executive from online retail giant, Amazon, has said the
company is open to a collaborative partnership with its biggest
rivals including Google and Apple, if that means a major improvement to its digital assistant Alexa, according to a new report by Bloomberg.
This might differentiate the
company from its major
rival Samsung, which could not
include the feature on its Samsung Galaxy S8 flagship.
In an effort to rise above
rival streaming services, the Cupertino
company is expected to release as many as 10 original shows and documentaries by the end of this year,
including will.i.am's «Planet of the Apps» and documentaries about hip - hop label Cash Money Records and music impresario Clive Davis.
Tired of having to defend his
company against claims that its products (
including hardware, software and even online presentation) are shameless copies of their respective Apple versions, Xiaomi vice president Hugo Barra on Tuesday said at The Wall Street Journal's WSJD conference that some of Apple's most recent products also take cues from
rivals, Gigaom reports.
The
company is pushing its way into video to boost Apple Music above other
rival streaming services,
including Spotify, Tidal and Pandora.
Big names
including Steve Wozniak, Edward Snowden and others have rushed to support Apple, while the issue has even united Apple
rivals like Google and Microsoft who have spoken out to support the
company's pro-encryption stance.
The South Korean tech
company has vowed to not care for the timeline of releases of its
rivals including that of its crosstown competitor, Samsung.
The most obvious threat is competition from Internet
companies, and the filing contains a long list of
rivals,
including Microsoft and Twitter.